Christmas Conundrums 2006 : triumphant
victors
And the winners are...
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The answer to this year's series of conundrorum was one word, 'Clapham',
where Procol drummer Geoffrey Dunn was born.
Here's the order of Triumphant Victors drawn from the
BtP Homburg on 6 January. Thanks to this evening's Impartial BtP
Assistant (click on her illustration).
A good few people got their first or second choice of
prizes: the whole field of trophies is listed here.
If your name appears on the winners' list below, please make
sure we have your 'real world' address as soon as possible, and we'll
activate the BtP snails to bring the goodies to the various continents required.
Do send your address even if you've won before: saves our fossicking in
the files. If for some reason you don't get your
prize within a few weeks, for goodness's sake Let Us Know. We've
had a somewhat aggrieved note, one year after the event, from one of last year's winners saying his
prize had gone astray. Luckily it was
replaceable, so a surrogate is on its way.
Do note, however, that BtP can't be held responsible if these prizes do
get swallowed by the mail system. We can only do our best, and we act in
good faith ... |
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First in, against
the clock |
Mark Allister wins his first
choice of prize, a set of the Friday Procol Harum CD re-releases:
Grand Hotel,
Exotic Birds and Fruit,
Procol's Ninth,
Something Magic
(thanks, Joe) |
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Second in, against
the clock |
Pat Keating wins his first choice
of prize, the signed
AWSoP tee-shirt
(thanks Gary, Geoff W, Geoff D, Josh and Matt) |
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Third in, against
the clock |
Tarvo Niine wins his first choice
of prize, the Paramounts DVD,
I'm Coming Home
(thanks, Gary) |
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First out of the
BtP Homburg |
Maurice Atkinson
wins his second choice of prize,
a
Palers' Project tee-shirt XXL |
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Second out of the
BtP Homburg |
Russell Maddox wins his second
choice of prize, a set of the Friday Procol
Harum CD re-releases:
Grand Hotel,
Exotic Birds and Fruit,
Procol's Ninth,
Something Magic
(thanks, Joe) |
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Third out of the
BtP Homburg |
Aongus Collins wins his third
choice of prize,
a copy of
Trace of a Feeling, the third Palers' Project 2CD |
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Fourth out of
the BtP Homburg |
Kerry Canfield wins his third
choice of prize, the two Salty Dog
tee-shirts in
medium, obversely endorsed with various tour information
(thanks, John) |
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Fifth out of the
BtP Homburg |
Peter Cohen wins his third choice
of prize, a signed copy of Andy Fairweather Low's
wondrous new solo
CD,
Sweet Soul Music
(thanks, Andy) |
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Sixth out of the
BtP Homburg |
Stefano Carbone wins his first
choice of prize, a Ledreborg Procol crew tee-shirt
signed by Gary, Geoff, Josh and Mark, Matt
(thanks, Franky) |
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Seventh out of the
BtP Homburg |
Phil George wins his third choice
of prize, a Ledreborg Procol crew tee-shirt signed by Gary,
Geoff, Josh and Mark, Matt
(thanks, Franky) |
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Eighth out of the
BtP Homburg |
Marvin Chassman, who has been a
winner each of the ten years since the puzzles started in 1997, wins his
fifth choice of prize, a
Whiter Shade of Pale tee-shirt
(grey) |
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Last out of the
BtP Homburg |
Richard Beck
wins his seventh choice of prize, a
Whiter Shade of Pale tee-shirt
(blue) |
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Many thanks to everyone who took part in this year's puzzles, specially those
who were thoughtful enough to say what fun they'd had. Special thanks also to
three people who sent in puzzles of their own devising, which we were not able
to use.
Commiserations go to
Arne Grue Jensen, Axel Leonhardt,
Bert Saraco, Beverly Peyton, Bob Jaccino, Charlie Allison, Christina Hermansson,
David Knight, David Pettit, Giancarlo Buletti, Heidi Widmer, Henrik Gøttrup,
Ian Berry, Ian Hockley, Jeff Vinter, Jeffrey Johnson, Jeremy Gilien, Jim Morin,
Joey Barbosa, Mark Mott, Mike Cooper, Piotr Wlaz, Richard Moseley, Rod George, Solvej Hansen,
Soren Hansen, Tancred Edwin and Tormod Ringvold, whose names remained in the
BtP Homburg following the drawing of lots.
Further commiserations to a posse of competitors whose responses were
'differently correct' ... some of these errors were caused simply by failing to
read the final instruction, which asked for a place, not a musician's name.
One competitor sent the correct response, but declined to specify any prizes;
others had seemingly just searched for a twelve-letter Procoler and hazarded the
wrong birthplace – Rochester – as a result. Moved to clemency, we did put people
into the hat who had added 'UK' or 'London' to the end of the place name, even though a
one-word answer had been specified.
An overwhelming majority of players had figured out the right
answer, Clapham: the punning 'cue applause' was of course intended to be their
reassurance.
Now send in those 'real world' addresses!
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